The "Jewish Threat": Anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army.(Review) (book review)

The "Jewish Threat": Anti-Semitic Politics of the U.S. Army, by Joseph W. Bendersky. New York: Basic Books, 2000; 539 pp., $30.

A great deal has been written about the history of anti-semitism in America but relatively little about antisemitism within US government agencies. Joseph Bendersky helps fill this significant gap in the historiography with The "Jewish Threat," a comprehensive examination of attitudes in the United States army toward Jews. His findings are revealing, and more than a little disturbing.

As they struggled to come to grips with the chang